To achieve domestic energy independence by empowering States to control the development and production of all forms of energy on all available Federal land.
Actions Overview (1)
Date
Actions Overview
02/11/2015
Introduced in House
02/11/2015 Introduced in House
All Actions (4)
Date
All Actions
11/15/2016
Subcommittee Hearings Held. Action By: House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
03/16/2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Action By: Committee on Natural Resources
02/11/2015
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Action By: House of Representatives
02/11/2015
Introduced in House Action By: House of Representatives
11/15/2016 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
03/16/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
02/11/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Committees, subcommittees and links to reports associated with this bill are listed here, as well as the nature and date of committee activity and Congressional report number.
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House Natural Resources
02/11/2015
Referred to
House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
This bill permits a state that has an established leasing, permitting, and regulatory program to: (1) declare to the Secretaries of the Interior, of Agriculture, and of Energy that it has either established or amended the program; and (2) seek to transfer to itself, and to implement, existing federal responsibilities for leasing, permitting, and regulating oil and natural gas development.
Any state action to lease, permit, or regulate oil and gas exploration and development shall not be subject to, or considered, a federal action, a federal permit, or a federal license with respect to specified administrative and environmental laws and is therefore exempt from them.
State-issued leases or permits must provide for: (1) the collection of royalties or other revenues in an amount equal to what would have been collected if the lease or permit had been federally issued, and (2) their deposit into the same federal account in which they would have been deposited if the lease or permit had been federally issued.
A state may collect and retain lease or permit application processing fees.
All Summaries (1)
Shown Here: Introduced in House (02/11/2015)
Federal Land Freedom Act of 2015
This bill permits a state that has an established leasing, permitting, and regulatory program to: (1) declare to the Secretaries of the Interior, of Agriculture, and of Energy that it has either established or amended the program; and (2) seek to transfer to itself, and to implement, existing federal responsibilities for leasing, permitting, and regulating oil and natural gas development.
Any state action to lease, permit, or regulate oil and gas exploration and development shall not be subject to, or considered, a federal action, a federal permit, or a federal license with respect to specified administrative and environmental laws and is therefore exempt from them.
State-issued leases or permits must provide for: (1) the collection of royalties or other revenues in an amount equal to what would have been collected if the lease or permit had been federally issued, and (2) their deposit into the same federal account in which they would have been deposited if the lease or permit had been federally issued.
A state may collect and retain lease or permit application processing fees.
